TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical characterization of milk oligosaccharides of a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
AU - Uemura, Yusuke
AU - Takahashi, Shunji
AU - Senda, Akitsugu
AU - Fukuda, Kenji
AU - Saito, Tadao
AU - Oftedal, Olav T.
AU - Urashima, Tadasu
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - The Carnivora include the superfamilies Canoidea and Feloidea. In species of Canoidea other than Canidae, the milk contains only traces of lactose and much larger concentrations of oligosaccharides. In this study, the following oligosaccharides were characterized in the milk of a spotted hyena, which is a species of Feloidea species: Neu5Ac(α2-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc, Gal(α1-3)[Fuc(α1-2)]Gal(β1-4)Glc, Gal(α1-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc and Fuc(α1-2)Gal(β1-4)Glc. Lactose was found to be the predominant saccharide; in this respect, the hyena milk is markedly different from the milks of most species of Canoidea species. The sole presence of 3′-SL in the spotted hyena milk is interesting, because the co-presence of 3′-SL and 6′-SL has been reported in the milk or colostrum of many mammalian species.
AB - The Carnivora include the superfamilies Canoidea and Feloidea. In species of Canoidea other than Canidae, the milk contains only traces of lactose and much larger concentrations of oligosaccharides. In this study, the following oligosaccharides were characterized in the milk of a spotted hyena, which is a species of Feloidea species: Neu5Ac(α2-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc, Gal(α1-3)[Fuc(α1-2)]Gal(β1-4)Glc, Gal(α1-3)Gal(β1-4)Glc and Fuc(α1-2)Gal(β1-4)Glc. Lactose was found to be the predominant saccharide; in this respect, the hyena milk is markedly different from the milks of most species of Canoidea species. The sole presence of 3′-SL in the spotted hyena milk is interesting, because the co-presence of 3′-SL and 6′-SL has been reported in the milk or colostrum of many mammalian species.
KW - Carnivora
KW - H NMR spectrometry
KW - Hyaenidae
KW - Hyena
KW - Milk oligosaccharide
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.09.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 18840538
AN - SCOPUS:57549089075
VL - 152
SP - 158
EP - 161
JO - Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology
JF - Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology
SN - 1095-6433
IS - 2
ER -